Berhampur: Railway traffic was disrupted for more than two hours on Wednesday after a youth climbed up an electric tower and threatened to commit suicide.
A few passengers spotted the youth at platform no-3 and alerted the railway personnel about the same. Following this, the railway authorities disconnected the power supply to prevent the person from being electrocuted.
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However, the youth hailing from Assam threatened the passengers and railway officials to commit suicide by jumping off the tower.
Later, a team of fire services officials managed to rescue him safely after a two-hour long effort.
It is suspected that the youth is a mentally unstable person and he has been sent for medical examination to verify the same.
